JF1SQC added:
> > >Though JARL recommend their own format to submit your AA logs,
> > >of course they ALSO ACCEPT CABRILLO and any types of format.
> >
> > Not sure how to do the latter - as UA9CDC pointed out, there is
> > no JARL anything in Cabrillo specification.
><snip bit on CONTEST: field>
>
>Well, there are no definitions...
>It is right to say JARL may accept Cabrillo LIKE logs.
Yes, that is a better way to put it. The word "Cabrillo" clearly implies
the Cabrillo standard.
>I confirmed JARL the ROBOT checks the following fields
>when your Cabrillo LIKE log is received:
> START-OF-LOG: 2.0
> CALLSIGN:
> CATEGORY:
> CLAIMED-SCORE:
> ADDRESS:
> NAME:
> QSO:
> END-OF-LOG:
>If your log contains all of said fields suitably,
>it will be accepted automatically.
There is one other thing - QSO template. If JARL were to indicate
which _existing_ Cabrillo QSO template it would prefer to be used,
then what you describe above is a very practical way for a contest
sponsor to use Cabrillo, even if the Cabrillo specification has
_nothing_ in it for that contest.
>"CONTEST: contest-name" field is not necessary,
>but it is preferable to write such as
> CONTEST: AA-CW
> CONTEST: ALL-ASIA-CW
It is _not_ preferable, as there is _nothing_ in the specification for
the CONTEST: field for All-Asia contest.
This is where Cabrillo goes wrong - nobody, absolutely _nobody_
can say what Cabrillo is other than N5KO. Little, although well-
meaning deviations from the specification such as the above are
not helping.
Perhaps JARL could try to get All-Asia into the Cabrillo spec.
It would be interesting to see if they could do it - but if not, then
work _with_ the existing spec - use only things as they are defined.
Leaving out what is a mandatory field like CONTEST: goes against
the specification, but IMHO this is better than really twisting things
by making up stuff up like a contest name or some of the things
other contest sponsors do.
Thanks for your QSP from JARL, Sei.
73, VR2BrettGraham
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